STURGEON BAY – Dawn arrived with an orange glow over the Door Peninsula on Jan. 27, highlighting a cottony cloud deck above and a gray expanse of ice to the west. Fishing guide Brody Alexander was ...

It’s ice fishing season, and for Door County anglers that means catching lake whitefish. But warming winters are impacting the iconic species. Zach Burgess has been fishing both sides of the Door ...

Lake whitefish, a staple of the Great Lakes for centuries, are on the verge of collapse, according to a new report, with stock assessment models showing that in Lake Michigan the prized species may ...

Changes in ecosystems mean bad news for lake whitefish and those who love it. The species' population is rapidly declining in some areas of the Great Lakes. Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes was ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Researchers at Michigan State University are using genealogy to determine the lake Whitefish population in the Great Lakes. The project is being funded by the Great Lakes ...

Michigan's lake whitefish populations are struggling to overcome years of environmental and man-made pressures in the Great Lakes. The Natural Resource Commission will address the growing concern ...